Adult women are now the largest demographic in gaming--_-- Say Whaaa'h!

[Soundwave]

the_dengle said:

Soundwave said:

I think we need to remember that Japan is still a very different culture than the US. The 3DS is different there in that it has basically replaced the home console, they don't have the PS4/XBox like we do here, the 3DS is basically that for the Japanese market. 

It's also not uncommon to see rows of adults reading fantasy/adventure comics on a Japanese train, that's something you won't see in any city in North America/Europe. 

There's a huge cultural difference before. And that's one of the reasons you can't take what you see at face value. Just because you don't see many people playing a 3DS in public, doesn't mean those people don't own a 3DS that they play in privacy.

My only point is that Nintendo has many games that appeal more or less equally to men and women, so they have a diverse fanbase.

Also, apparently this study is only about the American market, which is silly enough.

I think Nintendo has maybe one IP that appeals to men/women fairly evenly and that would be Animal Crossing. Even in the West I suspect there's more boys playing that game than girls. Mario/Zelda may have a higher percentage of female players compared to something like Grand Theft Auto, sure, but I doubt it's a 50-50 split.